FABLKS. 



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THE SENSIBLE ASS. 



Ax Old Man who was feeding his Ass in a line 

 green meadow, being* alarmed by the sudden ap- 

 proach of an enemy, began urging the Ass to put 

 himself forward, and fly with all the^speed he was 

 able. The Ass asked him whether he thought the 

 enemy would clap two pair of panniers upon his 

 back? The Man said, No, there was no fear of 

 that. Why then, says the Ass, I will not stir an 

 inch, for what is it to me who my master is, since I 

 shall but carry my panniers as usual. 



APPLICATION. 



Tms-Eable shews us how much in the wrong the 

 poorer sort of people most commonly are, when 

 they are under any concern about the revolutions 

 of a government. All the alteration which they 



